Does Trisha Paytas Support Israel?

David Svetsky Feb 28, 2025 4 min read

Short answer: As of July 2026, the documented record leans clearly pro-Israel, though it comes with controversy and thin mainstream press coverage. Trisha Paytas is married to Israeli artist Moses Hacmon (from Tel Aviv), and in 2021 she announced she was converting to Judaism so her children could grow up with Jewish culture. The day after the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack, she posted pro-Israel content and said on video, alongside Hacmon, "we're for Israel, not Palestine" (Hacmon tried to soften it to supporting people, not places). She has also worn IDF uniforms in multiple posts. The one piece of "pro-Palestine" evidence is a single, unsupported TikTok clip, and critics widely label her a "Zionist" precisely because her posture reads as pro-Israel.

What Trisha Paytas has actually said and done

2020: Paytas began dating Israeli artist Moses Hacmon in early 2020 and became engaged to him in December 2020, per Wikipedia. Hacmon is the brother of Hila Klein (making Hila Paytas's sister-in-law), and according to Wikipedia's page on Hacmon, he was introduced to Paytas by his brother-in-law and her then co-host, Ethan Klein.
June 2021: Paytas announced she was converting to Judaism, tweeting she was "actually going thru the classes, learning the religion and CONVERTING all so my kids can grow up with Jewish culture and religion" (Trisha Paytas on X, with the conversion also covered by Capital FM).
June 2021: After she left the Frenemies podcast, a leaked private text exchange with Ethan Klein led to accusations of antisemitism, for which she later apologized, per Wikipedia. That episode complicates any simple read of her posture toward Jewish and Israeli topics.
2021: A Times of Israel blogger argued that Paytas would in fact be eligible to make aliyah under the Law of Return even through a non-Orthodox conversion, quoting her line "I, too, am Jewish by insemination." The piece shows how her Jewish-identity content became a talking point in Israeli and Jewish media.
December 2021: Paytas's Hanukkah TikTok series drew heavy backlash from Jewish creators for perceived appropriation and disrespect, including a duet from a Holocaust survivor (Gideon, @thetrueadventures) asking why she was "pretending to be Jewish," as reported by Capital FM.
Late 2021: Paytas married Moses Hacmon, and the couple went on to have three children, keeping Israel present in her life through her husband's Tel Aviv roots, according to Wikipedia. Paytas later launched the Just Trish podcast.
October 8, 2023: The day after the Hamas attack on Israel, Paytas posted pro-Israel content and, in a video with Hacmon, stated "we're for Israel, not Palestine." Hacmon tried to soften it toward supporting people rather than places. She has never paired this with any comparable pro-Palestinian statement, and the only "Team Palestine" claim traces to a single unverified TikTok clip.
2024: Paytas again drew backlash for wearing IDF uniforms in her posts, including a Rosh Hashanah cosplay that critics said conflated a religious holiday with Israel's military. These repeated IDF-uniform posts are part of why detractors call her a "Zionist."

A personal tie that leans toward Israel

Trisha Paytas's link to Israel runs first through family: her husband, Moses Hacmon, comes from Tel Aviv, and Israel stays present in her life through his roots and the Jewish home the couple is raising. But her posture is not neutral. Her own posts and statements, not anonymous fan compilations, are what push the record toward Israel: the direct "we're for Israel, not Palestine" line delivered on camera after October 7, the repeated IDF-uniform content, her conversion, and her marriage into an Israeli family. Set against all of that, the only evidence placing her on the Palestinian side is one unsupported TikTok clip that no reputable outlet has stood behind. Her Jewish-themed content has drawn sustained criticism from Jewish creators, including a Holocaust survivor, who accused her of appropriating and mishandling Jewish practice (Capital FM). What is missing is deep, top-tier press coverage that treats her Israel stance as a settled news story. The primary-source picture, though, leans clearly pro-Israel.

The bottom line

Trisha Paytas is best described as leaning pro-Israel, with controversy attached. She is personally intertwined with Israel and Judaism (an Israeli husband, a self-described conversion, Jewish-themed content), and her own documented statements point in one direction: "we're for Israel, not Palestine" after October 7, repeated IDF-uniform posts, and a public image her critics attack precisely as "Zionist." Claims that she is "more aligned with Palestinian advocacy" do not hold up: they rest on a single unverified TikTok, contradicted by her own primary posts. The honest caveat is that mainstream press coverage of her Israel position is thin, so this is not the settled, statement-by-statement record you get with a politician. But on the evidence that exists, most of it created by Paytas herself, the most accurate answer to "does Trisha Paytas support Israel" is yes, she has shown real pro-Israel support, with her clearest connection being her marriage into an Israeli family and her embrace of Jewish identity.

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Last updated July 2026. We update these profiles as the record changes.